Change log
Every database migration applied to CharityFile, and changes to the fees, deadlines, exemptions, penalties and other state facts in our database, with the date of each. The database writes each fact entry itself and refuses a change that does not name who made it. It also refuses to edit or delete an entry, so a correction always appears as a new entry.
See /coverage for the share of rows whose quote we found in its source and the oldest review per jurisdiction, /api/quality for the machine-readable JSON snapshot, the RSS feed of the newest 200 entries, or the CSV export of every entry.
244 database migrations since Apr 24, 2026, and 1115 fact changes since Sep 9, 2026.
Fact changes
Oct 14, 2026
- Oct 14, 2026NY deadline rule: extension quote added; extension source url none → https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/regulatory-documents/char500-Ci.pdf
Source: ag.ny.gov · send source
“All filings have an automatic 6 month extension applied. As this is automatic, no request needs to be emailed to the Charities Bureau.”
Made by: CharityFile operator - Oct 14, 2026NY deadline rule: extension days 180 → none; extension months none → 6; extension notes Effective immediately, the New York State Attorney General's Charities Bureau will grant an automatic 180 day extension of time to file an Annual Financial Report due pursuant to the Estates, Powers and Trusts Law and/or Article 7-A of the Executive Law. A written request is not required. → The Charities Bureau applies an automatic six-month extension to every annual filing. No request is needed.
Source: nysenate.gov · send source
“on or before the fifteenth day of the fifth calendar month after the close of such fiscal year”
Made by: CharityFile operator
Sep 24, 2026
- Sep 24, 2026NY deadline rule: source quote replaced
Source: nysenate.gov · send source
“for purposes of the game of chance known as a bell jar and a raffle, "license period" shall mean a period of time running from January first to December thirty-first of each year.”
Made by: CharityFile operator
Sep 15, 2026
- Sep 15, 2026NY deadline rule: due event none → before conducting raffles in that calendar year
Source: nysenate.gov · send source
“for purposes of the game of chance known as a bell jar and a raffle, "license period" shall”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026NY deadline rule: source quote replaced
Source: nysenate.gov · send source
“for purposes of the game of chance known as a bell jar and a raffle, "license period" shall”
Made by: not recorded - Sep 15, 2026NY deadline rule: calculation notes Annual NY raffle license, issued by the local clerk under GML §191. Carve-out (GML §190-a(1)): no license required if net proceeds are less than $5,000 per raffle AND less than $30,000 in aggregate annual gross. → January 1 is the raffle license-period start (GMU 186(15)), not a filing due date. A local clerk or the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs issues a games-of-chance license after investigating an application (GMU 191); no license is effective for more than one year. File the application before conducting raffles in that calendar year. Carve-out (GMU 190-a): no license if net proceeds are less than $5,000 during one raffle and less than $30,000 during one calendar year, the organization has engaged in a lawful purpose for one year immediately prior, and a local games-of-chance ordinance is in force.
Source: nysenate.gov · send source
“for purposes of the game of chance known as a bell jar and a raffle, "license period" shall mean a period of time running from January first to December thirty-first of each year.”
Made by: not recorded
Fact entries record changes to fees, deadlines, exemptions, penalties, required attachments, agencies, audit thresholds, deadline extensions and conditional duties, including changes made directly in the database. A fee, deadline, exemption or deadline extension entry shows the source quote and link of its row, or says what the entry did not record. Migration entries record every migration applied to the production database. This page shows every entry. The database refuses to edit or delete an entry of either kind. “Made by: not recorded” marks an entry from before we recorded who made each change.